It is the first time in history that a Libertadores match is played in Entre Ríos, and the red and black club and its fans experience a special day.
In the vicinity of the Grella, preparations began the day before. Neighbors flagged the streets and painted the posts with the colors red and black.
A tide of red and black fans
In the afternoon a great “red and black” tide began to arrive at the Presbítero Grella Stadium after 4:30 p.m. eagerly to wait for the historic game.
In dialogue with Elonce, the fans showed their support for the club in this historic match and some, moved to tears, recalled all the achievements of the red and black and assured that “it is an unforgettable day.”
“We came as a family, it is a huge emotion, many of us are lifelong fans and it is a unique day,” said a woman, assuring that “we experience it in a special way because it is our neighborhood club.”
Meanwhile, another young man who was present commented that he used a large part of his savings to buy his ticket and assured that “it is worth it because it is something unique.”
“I accompany the boss whenever I can, I want him to win on his pitch and reach a higher level, it’s a great club and I hope it continues to grow, even though it’s no longer in the first division,” said another young man.
Claudio Vesco, a former rojinegro player, explained that “I have not yet taken dimension of all this, the Patron playing a Libertadores had it only in dreams. I have faith in the team, I think they need to arm themselves, but I think he will be able to, in Santa Fe he had a great first half ”.
“It’s an international cup, difficult with top-class players,” he added.
Meanwhile, another fan valued the stage in which the team is and said that “put together each coin to come to the field, being here as a family is an event that moves me to tears.” In addition, he assured that “we all want Patrón to do ten.”
“This fanaticism is something that cannot be explained, I inherited it from my father and together we follow the pattern, it is something we love,” mentioned a young woman, noting that “it is easy to be a fan of a Buenos Aires club, but it is hard for our club to endure. something that is done for love, seeing how it grows, improves every day is a limitless passion. Board of Trustees showed that he has no roof ”.
A fan with tears in his eyes said that “being a fan of your hometown club is priceless, going to the pitch and supporting it is the best, we are a family of fans, we don’t watch it on television.” “My children have this example, the care that I had with my father, I thank God for this love,” he closed.
“We live this like a party, no matter what happens we cheer as always, it is a barbaric emotion because, although they stole our first-class illusion, we are still here cheering as always. We know it’s going to go well for us.”
“I never thought that we would play a Libertadores, but I have faith in Negro, as always,” a man was moved by emphasizing that he was going to the field with his grandson. “He plays 4 in the lower ranks of the club and we dream of seeing him here later.”
“This match is historic for both the club and the city and with a 1-0 result we are already happy,” said a neighbor and fan of Santo.
“I came from Buenos Aires to see El Patrón, we hope to beat the Peruvians and continue playing,” said a man, assuring that he became a “red and black fan for my soul brother.”
Both Patronato and Melgar want to put their bad results behind them and achieve their first victory in the contest; the match will begin at 7:00 p.m., with arbitration by Bolivian Gery Vargas.
It will be the Patronato’s second match at Grella so far this year, since they played at home on the Atlético Paraná field while the spare parts to enable their stadium by Conmebol were advancing.
And the home match against Atlético Nacional de Colombia for the Libertadores was played at the Colón de Santa Fe stadium, with a 2-1 victory for the Medellín team.
For this game, Patronato has three casualties: midfielder Juan Pablo Barinaga suffers a tear; Brian Nievas, his teammate in midfield, suffered a sprained ankle; and the winger Matías Ruíz Díaz left the weekend with severe pain in his right calf.
On the side of the Peruvian team, Melgar also failed to win in the current Libertadores, harvested only one point and comes from losing 3-1 in Colombia with Atlético Nacional.
In League 1, the “Rojinegro” of Peru comes from beating the last one, Academia Cantolao, by 5 to 0, and has not lost for seven dates, although it is still among the last positions with 11 units.
2023-05-04 21:56:15
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